They also undergo rehabilitation programmes like all the other prisoners. The Lindela Repatriation Centre had 1,770 foreigners at the time of the visit, most of whom were from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. There are however some detainees in the Centre with South African identity documents who had been mistakenly arrested by the police. Home Affairs Officials also informed the Special Rapporteur that they are hesitant in repatriating Nigerian illegal immigrants because on arrival in Nigeria, they are rearrested and detained for “tarnishing the image of the country”. There are also foreigners at the Dyambu Youth Centre, some of them unaccompanied children from neighbouring countries. One of the greatest challenges for authorities in the Centre is what to do with the children as it is difficult to contact their relatives in their countries of origin. Most of them had come into South Africa to look for their parents while others accompanied other adults who later abandoned them. iii) Buildings and accommodation The prisons are made up of very large buildings with high security fences some of them surrounded with barbed wires on the top. The cells are of varying sizes but most of the prisons have two categories of cells – the large cells measuring 5m x 17m and the smaller cells, also called single, cells measuring 3m x 4m. According to the authorities, there are no disciplinary cells. The single cells are reserved for persons who want to study and are also used to isolate persons who are violent and cause disturbances in the larger cells. The single cells were meant to hold only one inmate at a time, but because of lack of space, the single cells now hold up to three inmates. According to the authorities, the rationale for putting three in one cell instead of one or two is to ensure that if two are fighting, the other can alert the authorities or if one is sick, the others can assist and alert the authorities. In Leeuwkop Maximum Prison however, there is a seclusion area where trouble makers are held for a period of time. Many of the buildings are in good condition save for the Stanger Prison that needs refurbishment. The ceiling and roof are not well constructed and the authorities argue that this is the reason the prisoners are not provided with beds because they can break through the ceiling and escape. Other detention facilities are relatively clean and well maintained. In the Durban Central Police Station for instance, there was maintenance work going on to paint and renovate certain parts of the building. The prison walls are clean and well cemented. Most of the prisons are accessible to persons with physical disability such as those on wheel chair or to blind people. Prisons and other places of detention in South Africa are generally well constructed, the infrastructure is good and modern. Most of the facilities visited have well constructed buildings with modern equipment. The Mangaung Private Prison and the Lindela Repatriation Centre have state of the art structures with modern facilities ranging from kitchen equipment, toilets and security apparatus. These two institutions have control rooms that monitor the operations in the detention centers. 47